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Tue, 01.07.1997

The Casiville Bullard House is Preserved

*On this date in 1997, the home of Casiville Bullard was placed on the National Historical records. The Casiville Bullard House is in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Bullard had a reputation as an expert in his field, and he applied all his skills, including carpentry, to this his family's second home, which he built of brick at 1282 Folsom Street in 1909.

Casiville Bullard was one of the few known African American skilled workers active in the building trades in early 20th-century Saint Paul.

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I have sown beside all waters in my day. I planted deep, within my heart the fear That wind or fowl would take the grain away. A BLACK MAN TALKS OF REAPING by Arna Bontemps.
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